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The Thread: A Mathematical Yarn
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Hardcover
from Birkhauser (May 1, 1983)
9783764330972 | details & prices | List price $14.95
About: In a highly personal story that spans centuries, continents, cultures, and scholarly disciplines, the author discusses answers to a variety of stimulating questions and binds them all into a coherent and entertaining whole.
About: In a highly personal story that spans centuries, continents, cultures, and scholarly disciplines, the author discusses answers to a variety of stimulating questions and binds them all into a coherent and entertaining whole.
Paperback
With Marguerite Dorian (other contributor) |
2 sub edition from Harcourt (October 1, 1989)
9780156901406 | details & prices | 6.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $10.95
About: Essays discuss mathematicians, mathematical history, translation, the steam engine, etymology, and their unexpected connections
About: Essays discuss mathematicians, mathematical history, translation, the steam engine, etymology, and their unexpected connections